Was I sticking around because I really wanted to be with Austin, or because I was afraid no one else would want to be with me?

For the Christian, peace is not simply the absence of conflict, or any other artificial state the world has to offer. Rather it is the deep, abiding peace only Jesus Christ brings to the heart.

When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit.

Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it

I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!

It makes me laugh when you bring two things together which have nothing to do with one another.

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

Writer's make national literature, while translators make universal literature.

I probably get it trimmed once every two months or so. I've just been going to the salon in the city, and they'll clean it up a bit.

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.

You only stop learning when you quit.